Database

What is InfluxDB?
InfluxDB – explanation, advantages, and first steps
  • Technical matters

The open-source database management system InfluxDB manages and visualizes data from time series databases, in which thousands of data sets from Internet of Things (IoT) devices or sensors are captured in a constant stream of time-stamped data. The current version 2.0 runs as a cloud service with its own user interface and is written in the new scripting, and query language, Flux.

InfluxDB – explanation, advantages, and first steps
MongoDB tutorial: first steps
MongoDB tutorial: installation and setup
  • Web development

MongoDB is a document-based database system that competes with the more traditional relational systems. The setup and configuration is comparable to classics like MySQL, making it fairly straightforward to switch over. So how do you save and call up data with this modern software? Our MongoDB tutorial will explain the installation process and first steps to get you started on this open source...

MongoDB tutorial: installation and setup
What is Redis?
What is Redis? Introducing the database
  • Technical matters

So, you need a database for your project, but you don’t want to use traditional relational databases with MySQL or MariaDB. Redis could be the solution. This database management system offers an in-memory database with a key-value store providing fast access speeds and simple scalability. Can this open source system also support your project?

What is Redis? Introducing the database
Finding a website host: how to search successfully
Host: how to find out which provider is most suitable for your project
  • Technical matters

If you want to release a new web project today, you need to find the right host. Hosts have become a popular alternative for large companies, since they enable convenient outsourcing of certain work areas or data, saving company resources. But how do you know which host and which hosting package best meets your needs? And why is the provider’s security concept such a crucial criterion nowadays?

Host: how to find out which provider is most suitable for your project
Data mining: analysis methods for big data
Data mining: analysis methods for big data
  • Web analytics

The total amount of data generated worldwide increases by 40% every year. Many companies seek to make use of the constantly increasing mountain of data in order to increase their e-commerce business. But making use of such Big Data alone doesn’t add any value — enter data mining. Below you can find a discussion of the various analysis approaches involved in data mining, to give you an idea of how...

Data mining: analysis methods for big data
IndexedDB
IndexedDB: Tutorial for browser storage
  • Web development

Holding certain data in the client helps to make the Internet faster and more flexible, enabling users to enjoy a better browsing experience. IndexedDB allows larger volumes of data to be stored in the users’ browsers so that they don’t have to be downloaded from the server each time the website is accessed. Get to know IndexedDB based on an example.

IndexedDB: Tutorial for browser storage
DWH | What is a data warehouse?
Data warehouse systems: get success with big data analysis
  • Web analytics

More and more businesses are adopting dispositive data with the aim of making strategic decisions shaped by reports, prognoses, and patterns. The database is usually supplied by an information system that functions as a central data repository, separate from a data operating system. This is known as a data warehouse, or a DWH for short. A data warehouse is a modularly built system made up of...

Data warehouse systems: get success with big data analysis
Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Database Management Systems (DBMS) explained
  • Technical matters

A working database system is pivotal to maintaining any computer-based system. The central body that regulates the respective data pools here is always a Database Management System (DBMS). The software structures and organizes the data available in the database, and also manages writing and reading permissions for the database system.

Database Management Systems (DBMS) explained
Document Database
Document Databases: How Do Document Stores Work?
  • Technical matters

Almost every application utilizes databases in one form or another. Besides classic relational databases, document-oriented databases have also become well-established in the course of the development of web apps. Instead of working with complex tables, these document stores use semi-structured data in simple documents. But how exactly does this work?

Document Databases: How Do Document Stores Work?
Key Value Store
Key Value Store: How do Key Value Databases work?
  • Technical matters

A wide array of database models exists, each one with its own advantages and disadvantages. Key Value Stores, for example, provide lightning-quick results because they follow such a simple principle. A key is saved to each value. There are no more specifications. These Key Value Databases are used principally in website design.

Key Value Store: How do Key Value Databases work?